Gnocchi with tomato sauce - Gnocchi con salsa di pomodoro
This simple tomato sauce exalts the potato gnocchi flavor.
Ingredients:
Basic potato gnocchi recipe
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1 - 29 oz. can of plum tomatoes
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. unsalted butter
a good pinch of sugar
Instructions:
1. Heat up the oil in a skillet and then add the onion. Cook it for about 10 min. or until the onions are soft. Add few spoons of water it it gets sticky.
2. Drain the excess liquid from the tomatoes, chop them and add them to the onions. Simmer uncovered for about 30 minutes. Add a good pinch of sugar to eliminate the acid from the tomatoes and salt to taste.
3. The add 1/2 cup of the excess tomato juice, cover and cook for another 10 minutes.
4. Put the sauce in a food processor and blend it all.
5. Pour it back in the sauce pan and for the last touch add 1 tsp. unsalted butter and cook for another minute or two (If you like basil try adding a few fresh leaves).
6.The sauce is ready for the gnocchi.
Notes:
I add the butter to make the sauce sweeter. The real sauce shouldn’t have it but almost everybody adds it. The Northern touch!!!
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